Sectional furniture



W. E. ROBERTS.

SECTIONAL FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6,1919.

1,373,528. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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W. E. ROBERTS.

SECTIONAL FURNITURE.

APPLlCATlON FlL ED MAY 6.1919.

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WILLIAM E. ROBERTS, OF IORTLAND, OREGON.

SECTION AL FURNITURE.

new and useful Improvements in Sectional Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sectional furniture, and more particularly to new and useful means for interlocking or securing the sections together. It is common to build furniture and fixtures in sections, mounted one upon the other, and then set the vertical units together. I have provided new and useful means for locking these vertical sec tions or uniting them to each other in such a way that they canbe unlocked and separated or interchanged whenever desired.

In order to fully explain my invention,

1 have shown one practical embodiment of my invention in the accompanying two sheets of drawings, which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of three vertical tiers or units of sectional furniture secured together with my improved fastening means;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a base section;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through one of the vertical units, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of two joined sections, at the joint and at the front edge of the top;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the front pilasters;

Fig. 6 is a detail of construction;

Fig. 7 is an end view of one of the intermediate sections with a part of the middle broken out to reduce the size of the figure; and

Fig. 8 isa fragmentary view of the two ends of intermediate sections, showing my pilaster in front and one in the back, with connecting rod therebetween.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, 1, 1, 1, designate three base sections, 2, 2, 2, designate intermediate sections adapted to set one upon the other, and 8, 8, 3, designate top sections. It will be understood that the general arrangement, size and number of intermediate sections can be varied to meet the requirements. The base sections, 1, 1, 1, are set close to- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application filed May 6, 1919. Serial No. 296,644.

gether, one against the other, end to end. The top sections 3, 3, 3, are also set together end to end, as indicated in Fig. 4. The intermediate sections, are somewhat shorter than the top and bottom sections to provide a space between the adjacent ends of intermediate sections of adjacent vertical tiers or units, as will be understood from Fig. 8, where two intermediate sections are shown in fragmentary view. The base sections are.

provided in their tops, front and back, with pin-receiving holes 1*, 1 while the top sec-* tions are provided in their under sides with similar holes, 3, 3% In the rear I provide a back pilaster 4, provided in its opposite ends with pins, 4 4, adapted to set into the holes in the base and'top sections as the sections are placed together, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. Thispilaster extends-from the top section, as indicated and locks two adjacent base sections together, and also two adjacent top sections, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4. A double pilaster is provided for the front, designated 5, shown in Fig. 5, and comprises a short section 5 the top of the base section to the bottom of piece which extends beyond the opposite ends thereof and overlies the adjacent base sections and also the adjacent top sections, as will be readily understood from Figs. 3 and 5. Said back and front pilasters are provided on their inner faces with metal fastening members, 6, 6, provided with receiving slots, 7, 7, adapted to receive the connecting rods 8, 8, having nuts 9, 9, at their opposite ends. Thus the rear and front pilasters' are fastened together between the intermediate sections of the fixture and between the top and bottom sections thereof, as seen in Fig. 3. I also prefer toprovide a spacing member 10 between the back and front pilasters, detachably interfitting at its opposite ends with blocks 11, 11, secured to the inner faces of said front and back pilasters, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

Thus my top and base sections are-made to rest against adjacent top and base sections, end to end, and are secured together by the insert pins in the back and front pilasters, as described. The intermediate sections are shorter than the top and base sections to provide space therebetween for the pilasters, and for the connecting rods 8, and the spacing member 10. Any suit able interlocking means for the intermediate sections one upon the other can be used. I have shown the usual spaced bottom pieces, 12, 12 and the single top piece 13. When the sections are placed one upon the other,

the spaced bottom pieces 12, 12 fit the opposite sides of the top piece 13 of the next section, as is well known.

, What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is,

1. In sectional furniture of the character referred to, top and bottom sections for adjacent tiers of intermediate sections, and intermediate sections one upon the other between the top and bottom sections, adjacent top and adjacent bottom sections resting against each other, end to end, and intermediate sections spaced apart to provide a space between the intermediate sections and between the top and bottom sections, and a pilaster over the joint between adjacent tiers and having a shorter portion proj ecting between the ends of the intermediate sections and constituting fastening means in said space securing adjacent top sections together and securing adjacent bottom sections together, substantially as shown and described. 7

2. In sectional furniture of the character referred to, vertical tiers of sections placed one upon the other and including in each tier base, top and intermediate sections, the intermediate sections being shorter than the base and top sections, to provide space therebetween, the base sections of adjacent tiers and the top sections of adjacent tiers bearing end to end against each other, and locking means adapted to be inserted vertically down into adjacent base sections and up into the undersides of adjacent top sections for locking adjacent base sections and adjacent top sections.

3. In sectional furniture of the character referred to, in combination, vertical tiers of sections set one upon the other, the base and top sections of each tier being longer than the intermediate sections thereof, whereby to provide a space between adjacent intermediate sections when two tiers are placed together end to end, front and back pilasters arranged to extend from base to top sections between the lntermediate sections, means on the opposite ends of said pilasters adapted to be inserted into the tops of adjacent bot tom sections and into the bottoms of adjacent top sections, and means for locking the back and front pilasters together.

4. In sectional furniture of the character referred to, in combination, vertical tiers of sections set one upon the other, the base and top sections of each tier being longer than the intermediate sections thereof, whereby to provide a space between adjacent intermediate sections when two tiers are placed together end to end, front and back pilasters having pins in their oppositeends adapted to be inserted down into the tops of adjacent bottom sections and up into the bottoms of adjacent top sections for connecting adjacent top sections together end to end and adjacent bottom sections together end to end, the front pilaster having a front portion extending from the bottom of the base section to the top of the top section, substantially .as described.

5. In sectional fu-rniture,in combination, base, intermediate and top sections set one upon the other, the intermediate sections being shorter than the top and base sections, whereby when two tiers of sections are placed together base'sections and top sections ofadjacent tiers adjoin each other, means for interlocking adjacent base sec-- tions and adjacent top sections together end to end, said means comprising pins adapted to be inserted down into the tops of adjacent base sections and up into the bottoms of adjacent top sections, substantially as described. y

6. In sectional furniture, in combination, base, intermediate and top sections set one upon the other, the top and base sections having projecting parts at their ends, whereby they are longer than the intermediate sections, providing a space between the ends of the intermediate sections of two tiers, and means connecting the tops of the projecting portions of adjacent base sections and means connecting the bottoms of the projecting portions of adjacent top sections, whereby adjacent tiers-of sections are interlocked together at their base and top"sections. 1

Signed at Portjland,.in the county of Multnomah, and Stateof Oregon, this 21st day of April, 1919. a 1 V WILLIAM E; ROBERTS. In presence of V NATHAN A. Boom, JOHN R. GRI FITH. 

